HOKKAIDO, Aug 27 (News On Japan) –
Many elementary and junior excessive faculties throughout Hokkaido started their second time period on August 25, with campuses in bear-prone areas opening the time period underneath heightened precautions.
In Esashi, the board of schooling requested dad and mom and guardians of elementary and junior highschool college students to supply rides to and from faculty to cut back the chance of encounters. The city has reported greater than 20 instances in August alone of watermelons and different produce in residence gardens being ravaged, and bears have been additionally noticed at two areas from the night time of August 24 into the morning of August 25. “Bears are frightening. We want them culled quickly,” a resident stated, whereas one other famous that they place meals waste in a cooler and set it out on the morning of assortment to keep away from attracting wildlife.
At Shosanbetsu Junior High School, which held its opening ceremony on August 20, a bear was seen strolling via the courtyard that very same day. On August 23, a bear was noticed on the grounds of a close-by shrine after which moved onto the varsity grounds; a hunter fired, and the spherical struck close to the animal’s hindquarters earlier than it fled towards the mountains.
On August 25, the village put in about 250 meters of electrical fencing between the junior highschool and the forest behind it. The faculty continues to ask dad and mom to deal with drop-offs and pick-ups throughout commuting hours.
Source: HBCニュース 北海道放送